The problem of Osteoporosis and Menopause in relation to morphophysiological characteristics

Osteoporosis represents an important sociomedical problem as causes a high morbidity, mortality and medical costs. Postmenopausal and ovariectomized women present, in a few years, the first outbreak of osteoporosis. The incidence of this illness, is much more common in menopausal women than in men of similar age. The objective of the present study is to find the morphophisiological and environmental characteristics as well as the risk factors in 200 women patients (aged 46–60 years), who were selected from the Menopause Department of the Jimenez Diaz Foundation in Madrid. About the 60% of women were found to be osteoporotics. Besides osteoporosis, the reproductive period, social habits, morphophysiological patterns and bone disease have been studied.